When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, its a good core workout. If youre sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More

Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Week in Vegan
Cupcakes for Choice, Drinks for Dogs, and Gumbo for Mardi Gras!

SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats.

• Pissed about the House-approved federal funding cuts for Planned Parenthood? I am because it's total bullshit. In response, we're doing some culinary activism in the form of a delicious bake sale at this Sunday's Cupcakes for Choice! Come stuff your faces for women's rights! I'm gonna go straight Cathy on some chocolate cake. What? It's for the ladies and I love ladies!

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• The Safari Club is in town this weekend and they are the fucking worst: A group of rich, trashy assholes going on trips to murder animals who are just trying to get by in their already encroached-upon natural habitats. I cannot believe that they claim to be a wildlife conservation group! That's like me saying I'm a cookie conservation group, and then eating all the cookies within a four-mile radius. Except even more insane for many reasons, including it's living, feeling beings they are destroying with their creepy bloodlust. Anyway, tell them to get fucked this Saturday in Foster City, the protest needs your help!

• Also on Saturday, there's a fundraiser happy hour for Northern California Family Dog Rescue at Doc's Clock! Is there anything better than dogs and drinks? If there is, it involves million-dollar bills raining on my face, and I ain't never seen that happen! What? I don't know, it's Friday.

• If you live in the Danville area, you're rich! Also, you're in for a treat, just like rich people often are. In fact, you're in for many sweet treats at the Harvest Home Sanctuary dessert party next Friday! If you want to meet other vegans, gorge yourself on much tastiness, and help a rad animal sanctuary, I'll see your sexy, compassionate ass there!

• This thing called Dishcrawl is planning an all-vegan eating tour of Berkeley. Upside: $26 buys you a four-dishes-at-four-different-restaurants binge. Downside: You don't know who else is going so it might be a bunch of scary larries. Or you could make some friends? Ever the optimist!

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Gil Riego Jr.

Gracias Madre chef Carmen Vazquez and her seriously awesome flan.

• A 72-year-old man in Kings County (that pit you drive through on the way to that other hell hole) died when he fell into a grinder at a meat processing plant. Super sad, and the next time you indulge in ground chuck, be aware that you're most likely eating human. Slaughterhouses and meat processing plants offer some of the most dangerous jobs in America. But, you know, MEAT WOO!

• Those pigs in Korea that are being buried alive? Oh, it's still happening. I could watch about two seconds of that before I threw up and slit my wrists. Except I didn't slit my wrists because then I wouldn't be here to harass you lovely people. SO SORRY.

• It's Mardi Gras! Show me your tits! No? Okay, well then make me some gumbo! No? FINE, I'LL DO IT MYSELF. I've got a recipe up for killer vegan gumbo that my boyfriend's (I've got one, believe it!) dad created. It's ridiculous, he's a genius. If you want to go a healthier route (screw you!), check out this recipe for lentil gumbo.

• CNN has a great piece up about the documentary Forks Over Knivestaking its show on the road. It's all about how your diet is the best preventative medicine there is, and hey, maybe replace that double bacon cheeseburger with some beans and rice every once in awhile, and you maybe won't have to get a triple bypass. It features the dudes who influenced President Clinton to explore a plant-based diet and as I always say, if it's good enough for The Big Dog, it's good enough for you. Also, marry me, you big weirdo womanizing genius.

• Did you see that Gracias Madre's vegan flan made SFoodie's 92? That's because it's like whoa. Your only defense against its powers is to eat it. See, I am winning the war, and the size of my ass is the only casualty. Or other winner, depending on what you're into, visually/sexually.

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Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"